Willem & Kerstin's VW Riviera Camper Bus

Hi Everyone, Here are some pictures of our   first step into the VW camper world (we're talking October 2000 here).        When we saw this blue baby we were "sold". It's a VW bus from 1979 and the conversion was done by Riviera. It has done a 163K miles on it's first  engine and is still running strong. We call him "Meneer Bus" (Dutch for  Mister Bus). See links below for trip reports...

Or click here to see our solution to the cold....   the radiator heater.

Front

Interior 1

Left

Left - top down

Interior 2

Trips:1 Mt. Rainier - Oct. 2000           2 Redwood Forest - Nov. 2000           3 Puyallup Wetwesties  - Mar. 2001           4 Yellowstone - Jun.2001               5 San Juan Islands - Jul. 2001                  6 Nat. Park roundtrip - Sep. 2001 (OR, NE,               UT, AZ, CA) - Sept/Oct 2002

7 Leavenworth, WA - July 2002 8 2nd Nat. Park roundtrip (ID, Yellowstone, WY,      Canada, WA) - Sept 2002 9 Denmark - Sept 2004 10 Switzerland -August 2005 11 Austria and Germany - August 2006

Also check out the WetWesties site.

The VW Type 2 page.

As of November 2007 we have a local mechanic doing a full restauration of the bus. See the pictures here (status at 28/3/2008).

Or go here for more info about the Riviera version of the VW Camper Bus. It's in fact different then the original VW Camper bus from Westfalia.

Comments / reactions... send us an email at  kerstin@vhkaar.com or willem@vhkaar.com

Thanks for stopping by!

Last Updated :March 28, 2008